Monday, November 12, 2012

Sun Valley and Concord are back in the Observer’s Sweet high school football poll this week.

The N.C. public schools are down to the quarterfinal round and Sun Valley’s Spartans and Concord’s Spiders both qualified with resounding playoff wins Friday.

Sun Valley went to Hudson and got five rushing touchdowns from sophomore running back Albert Funderburk to beat previously unbeaten South Caldwell 56-35 in the 4A playoffs. Concord QB B.J. Beecher went over 10,000 career yards passing in a 55-30 win over West Rowan in the 3A playoffs.
West Rowan had knocked Concord out of the playoffs the previous two years.

The top of the poll remained unchanged. Butler and Mallard Creek are No. 1 and No. 2, and if both teams can win Friday -- Butler at Memorial Stadium against unbeaten East Forsyth and Mallard Creek at home against fast-rising Olympic -- the two N.C. powers would play in the state semifinals in two weeks.

Butler is up one spot to No. 7 in MaxPreps national poll. The Bulldogs are No. 6 in ESPN’s poll and they are up to No. 5 in USA Today's national poll.